NEW: Bipartisan Outrage Over Noem's Swastika Embrace Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses. migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan...

Metrix now has a Covid flu molecular test, which requires an upgraded reader. I did a deep dive with AI which users should find helpful

Shah Capital, Novavax's 2nd-largest shareholder, pressing the board to pursue strategic changes, including potential sale, & warned it could launch proxy fight if no progress made in next 4 months. www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

TrumpRX: marketing tactic, doesn’t address root causes of hi prices. Listing site - refers to other places to buy drugs —filters people to latest drug industry tactic to avoid patient anger over hi prices: direct-to-consumer websites A “must read” prospect.org/health/2025-...

updated vaccine elicited strong immune response: adults 65+, & in 12 - 64 w/at least 1 risk condition [Previously, 8X] Moderna Says Updated Next-generation COVID Shot Shows Strong Immune Response in Patients www.medscape.com/s/viewarticl...

Preference for female surgeons to wear white coats over scrubs vs dressed in suits or casual attire aligns with evidence indicating female physicians often judged more on appearance than male counterparts www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Study Clears Vaginal Estrogen of Recurrent Stroke Risk After Menopause @ashleygwinter.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/s...

While purifiers remove particulates, for ozone & atmospheric chemicals generated by the interaction of particulates & the sun, a separate, large, carbon filter is required. Thin sheets of carbon in purifiers are rapidly exhausted & grossly inadequate

Immune system implications of Covid are being increasingly accepted

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"When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The mutual support provided by men for each other is the strongest bulwark we have against the excesses of authority." Milgram himself (Obedience book p. 121) 4/

Naming what ails us is powerful! @joffirphd.bsky.social

Novavax obtained a Biologics License Application > allowed to market COVID vaccine without needing an Emergency Use Authorization any more. Narrower population authorized - so far t.co/wvsPIRbQTF

Working somewhere does NOT mean access to data protected by HIPAA, SSA, etc - one must work in specific units & have a business need. Then there can be data elements protected by other rules, eg, substance abuse, HIV - plus there are strict data security rules Applies to IT staff too

🌟Law Averting Government Shutdown Extends Medicare Telehealth Coverage until Sept. 30🌟 Haven’t seen this reported anywhere – please repost widely - important to many, & I have no reach www.aarp.org/medicare/tel...

Same reusable reader, multiplex test! Wish we could find out the stats for each virus being tested but assume better than Lucria since their Covid test is superior www.prnewswire.com/news-release... #medsky

Among world’s top researchers 10% publish at unrealistic levels, analysis finds www.chemistryworld.com/news/among-w...

Things you may wish to do while you still can: 1. Buy plan B. If you don't need it, you may know someone who may need it. Also, you don't have to be a woman to buy plan B, men can. 2. If you need longterm contraception, now may be the time to get that IUD placed. Pass it on.

For anyone deleting X. Look at this. The UI was tweaked to shift the clickable area of the deactivate button a few cm away from the actual "Deactivate" text.

Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: Great explainer from @jillneimark.bsky.social about improving air quality in indoor spaces! thesicktimes.org/2024/12/24/i...

Curated lists of trolls that can be blocked with one click would be AWESOME.

Emailed CEO Mt Sinai NY re lack of meaningful response to request for masking as soon as a procedure is completed. Email fowarded to relevant managers, who plan to create the path I requested, to make requests routine!!! #Medsky #Covid

Do rapid tests still detect currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 Omicron EG.5 Eris" & its sublineages? Our rapid assessment with patient samples: Yes, detection still works & sensitivity is comparable to earlier variants! Thanks to Meriem Bekliz from my lab for this timely work!

One company is doing the right thing on newer Italian trains!

rehabilitation interventions involving breathing exercises & physical training associated w/improvements in functional exercise capacity, difficulty breathing, & quality of life www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/reh...